FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY INCLUDE: 1731 - Martha Washington (Dandridge Custis) first First Lady of the U.S., wife of 1st U.S. President George Washington; made a mean cherry pie, we hear; died May 22, 1802 1853 - The envelope folding machine was patented by Dr. Russell L. Hawes of Worcester, MA. 1859 - Henry Tanner artist; died May 25, 1937; see Banjo Lesson Day [above] 1903 - Al Hirschfeld caricaturist: hid name of his daughter, Nina, in each of his drawings; died Jan 20, 2003 1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre philosopher, writer: Being and Nothingness; playwright: No Exit, The Flies, The Age of Reason; rejected Nobel Prize for literature [1964]; died Apr 15, 1980 1906 - Randy (Randolph Edward) Moore baseball: Chicago White Sox, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, SL Cardinals; died June 12, 1992 1918 - Ed (Edmund Walter) Lopat (Lopatynski) baseball: pitcher: Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees [World Series: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953/all-star: 1951], Baltimore Orioles; died June 15, 1992 1921 - Judy Holliday (Tuvim) actress: Adam’s Rib, Bells are Ringing, Born Yesterday, It Should Happen to You; died June 7, 1965 1921 - Jane (Ernestine) Russell actress: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Outlaw, Paleface, The Road to Bali; activist for homeless children; died Feb 28, 2011 1925 - Maureen Stapleton Academy Award-winning actress: Reds [1981]; A View from the Bridge, Bye, Bye Birdie, Cocoon: The Return; theatre at Hudson Valley Community College named for her; died Mar 13, 2006 1927 - Carl Stokes politician: first black elected mayor of a major city: Cleveland [1967, 1969]; Cleveland Municipal Court Judge; died Apr 3, 1996 1929 - Helen Merrill (Jelena Ana Milcetic) jazz singer: LPs: Helen Merrill, Brownie, Clear Out of This World, Dream of You; Swing Journal readers’ poll: Best American Jazz Singer [1989] 1932 - O.C. (Ocie Lee) Smith singer: Little Green Apples, Daddy’s Little Man, Lighthouse, Slow Walk, The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp; vocalist for Count Basie Orchestra; died Nov 23, 2001 1933 - Bernie Kopell actor: Get Smart, The Love Boat, Love American Style, When Things were Rotten, Combat High, Sunset Beach, Bug Buster 1935 - Monte Markham actor: The Second Hundred Years, Baywatch, Rituals, Dallas, Perry Mason, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, At First Sight, Judgment Day, Hotline, Guns of the Magnificent Seven 1935 - Françoise Sagan (Quoirez) author: Aimez-Vous Brahms, Bonjour Tristesse, Evasion, A Certain Smile; died Sep 24, 2004 1938 - Ron Ely (Ronald Pierce) actor: Tarzan, Slavers, Doc Savage; host: Miss America Pageant 1940 - Mariette Hartley actress: Encino Man, Silence of the Heart, Improper Channels; TV hostess; commercials: Polaroid 1941 - Joe Flaherty Emmy Award-winning writer: SCTV Network 90 [1983]; actor: Second City TV, Maniac Mansion. Happy Gilmore, A Pig’s Tale, Who’s Harry Crumb, Back to the Future, Part 2, Speed Zone, Stripes, Used Cars, Tunnelvision 1943 - Brian Sternberg pole-vaulter: Univ. of Washington: world pole vault record [16’-7": 1963] 1944 - Ray Davies musician: guitar, singer, songwriter: group: The Kinks: You Really Got Me, All Day & All of the Night, Tired of Waiting, A Well Respected Man, Sunny Afternoon, Lola 1947 - Meredith Baxter actress: Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie, Til Murder Do Us Part 1947 - Michael Gross actor: Family Ties, Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland, In the Heat of Passion 2: Unfaithful 1947 - Duane Thomas football: Dallas Cowboys running back: Super Bowl V, VI 1947 - Wade Phillips football: coach: Denver Broncos 1948 - Joey Molland musician: guitar, keyboards, singer: groups: Natural Gas, Badfinger: Day After Day, No Matter What, Baby Blue 1950 - Joey Kramer musician: drums: group: Aerosmith: LPs: Toys in the Attic, Rocks, Draw the Line, Night in the Ruts 1951 - Nils Lofgren musician: guitar, keyboards, singer, songwriter: Back It Up, Keith Don’t Go [Ode to the Glimmer Twin], Beggars Day, No Mercy, Secrets in the Street, Delivery Night; groups: Grin, E Street Band 1954 - Robert Pastorelli actor: I Married a Centerfold, Beverly Hills Cop II, Murphy Brown, Dances with Wolves, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Striking Distance, Eraser, South Pacific [2001]; died Mar 8, 2004 1956 - Rick (Richard Lee) Sutcliffe baseball: pitcher: LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs [Cy Young Award-winner: 1984], Baltimore Orioles, SL Cardinals 1957 - Berkeley Breathed cartoonist: Bloom County, Outland 1957 - Mark Brzezicki musician: drums: group: Big Country: Harvest Home, Fields of Fire, In a Big Country, Chance, Wonderland, East of Eden, Where the Rose is Sown 1958 - Eric Douglas actor: The Flamingo Kid, Delta Force 3: The Killing Game; died July 6, 2004 1959 - Tom Chambers basketball: University of Utah, San Diego Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz; 20th player in NBA history to score 20,000 career points 1964 - Sammi Davis-Voss actress: The Lair of the White Worm, Hope and Glory, Homefront 1964 - Doug Savant actor: Melrose Place, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, Shaking the Tree, Red Surf, Masquerade, Godzilla [1998] 1967 - Derrick Coleman basketball: Syracuse Univ, Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets 1973 - Juliette Lewis actress: Cape Fear, Husbands and Wives, Natural Born Killers, Romeo is Bleeding, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, My Stepmother is an Alien, Too Young to Die, I Married Dora 1982 - Prince William (William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor) Duke of Cambridge: first future king of England born in a hospital, first to wear disposable diapers, first to attend nursery school; son of England’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana
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